Crossword-Solution: MANAKIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Manakin | n. | Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South America. some are bright-colored, and others have the wings and tail curiously ornamented. The name is sometimes applied to related birds of other families. |
| Manakin | n. | A dwarf. See Manikin. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with MANAKIN (5)
The horrid manakin!" "But, George!" said Helen, in expostulation, "the poor wretch can't help his deformity." "No; but what right had he to marry and perpetuate such odious misery!" "You are too hasty: the young woman is his niece." "She ought to have been strangled the moment she was born--for the sake of humanity.
The horrid manakin!” “But, George!” said Helen, in expostulation, “the poor wretch can’t help his deformity.” “No; but what right had he to marry and perpetuate such odious misery!” “You are too hasty: the young woman is his niece.” “She ought to have been strangled the moment she was born--for the sake of humanity.
After the third year the plumage of the males assumes a beautiful saffron tint; but the female remains always of a dull dusky brown colour, with yellow only on the wing-coverts and tips of the wings.* (* Especially the part which ornithologists call the carpus.) To preserve in our collections the fine tint of the plumage of a male and full-grown rock-manakin, it must not be exposed to the light.
After a time, he was surprised to see the hopper beginning to go, and, looking up, he saw a little manakin holding a little cappie in his hand and filling it at the hopper.
The miller was so frightened that this time he let him go; but, in a few minutes, the manakin returned again with his cappie.